Role & responsibilities The incumbent will be responsible for providing strategic and operational HR leadership across the complete employee lifecycle and will lead the HR team across all locations. The role requires a robust manufacturing HR professional with experience in multi-location HR management, talent acquisition, performance management, talent management, learning & development, employee engagement, industrial relations, statutory compliance, contract labour management and administration.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIESHR

Leadership & Business Partnership

- Lead and develop the HR team across all three locations.
- Partner with business and functional leaders on manpower, organization, talent and people priorities.
- Drive consistent HR policies, practices and governance across locations.
- Translate business requirements into actionable HR initiatives.

Manpower Planning & Recruitment

- Lead annual manpower planning and manpower-cost budgeting.
- Drive end-to-end recruitment for managerial, functional and critical positions.
- Monitor recruitment TAT, vacancy ageing, offer-to-join ratio and sourcing effectiveness.
- Build succession and talent pipelines for critical positions.

Performance & Talent Management

- Lead the Performance Management System and ensure timely goal setting and performance reviews.
- Drive talent identification, talent reviews and succession planning.
- Identify critical talent and employee retention risks.
- Implement Individual Development Plans and development actions.

Learning & Development

- Lead Training Need Identification and annual training planning.
- Drive technical, behavioral, leadership and functional development programs.




- Monitor training effectiveness and capability development.
- Strengthen skill matrices and competency development.

Employee Engagement & Culture

- Develop and execute employee engagement initiatives across locations.
- Drive employee-connect programs, surveys, town halls, rewards and recognition.
- Strengthening workplace culture, employee communication and retention.
- Analyze employee feedback and ensure action-plan closure.

Industrial Relations & Employee Relations

- Maintain healthy employee and industrial relations.
- Manage employee grievances and disciplinary matters.
- Guide HR teams on show cause notices, charge sheets, enquiries and corrective actions.
- Monitor absenteeism, workforce discipline and employee relations.

Statutory Compliance

- Ensure compliance with applicable labour and employment laws.
- Maintain statutory compliance calendars and monitor timely filings.
- Ensure compliance relating to PF, ESIC, minimum wages, bonus, gratuity, factories and contract labour.
- Coordinate statutory audits, inspections and closure of observations.

Contract Labour Management

- Ensure effective governance of contract labour across manufacturing locations.
- Monitor contractor manpower, attendance, wage compliance and deployment.
- Conduct contractor compliance reviews.
- Ensure contractor documentation, licenses, PF,



ESIC and statutory records are maintained.
- Ensure principal-employer obligations are complied with.

HR Operations & Employee Lifecycle

- Ensure smooth management of joining, onboarding, probation, confirmation, transfers, promotions, employee movements and separations.
- Ensure employee records and HR master data are accurate.
- Strengthen HR policies, SOPs and employee-service processes.

HR Analytics & Management Reporting

- Develop and review dashboards covering headcount, manpower cost, recruitment, attrition, absenteeism, training, talent, PMS and compliance.
- Provide actionable people insights to senior management.
- Drive HR process automation and data accuracy.

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

- 1518 years of progressive HR experience.
- Strong manufacturing / automotive / engineering industry exposure.
- Experience leading an HR team.
- Experience handling HR across multiple plants or locations.
- Strong Plant HR and HR Generalist experience.
- Hands-on exposure to IR, statutory compliance and contract labour.
- Strong Talent Management, PMS, L&D; and employee-engagement experience.
- Experience interacting with Plant Heads, HODs and senior leadership.
- Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Willingness to be based at Rajkot and travel frequently across locations.

KEY Competencies

- HR Leadership
- Strategic HR
- HR Business Partnering
- Multi-location HR Management
- Industrial Relations
- Labour Compliance
- Talent Management
- Succession Planning
- Performance Management
- Learning & Development
- Employee Engagement
- Talent Acquisition
- HR Analytics
- Change Management

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📌 Head Human Resource (Rajkot)
🏢 Rekrut India
📍 Rajkot